Beer-cooler



(No Model.)

A. HUSS.

' BEER COOLER. A 1 Io'.269,420. Patented Dec. 19, 1882.

U ITED STATES.

PATENT OFFICE.

; ADOLPH HUSS, OF'GINCINNATI, OHIO;

BEER-COOLER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 269,420, dated-December 19, 1882.

' Application filed September 18, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADOLPH HUss, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Beer-Coolers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to those refrigerators or cooling appliances which include one or more horizontal shelves or tables arranged to revolve around or with a vertical shaft located in the center of the apparatus; and my improvement comprises a novel combination of devices whereby such coolers are especially adapted for holding kegs of beer, ale, and other liquor on tap. Said combination consists of a tubular shaft, a fixed collar, a turntable or shelf, a ring, and a system of tie-rods, which latter connect the turn-table and ring, as

hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved beer-cooler, the doors that aflord access to the turn-table being removed. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the cooler, the turn-table and its accessories being shown in elevation, and a stationary ice-tray being represented in the upper part of the apparatus. Fig. 3 is an enlarged vertical section of a modified form of the turntable, a revolving ice-tray being shown in connection therewith. Fig. 4 is .a plan of said table, the positions of the various kegs or barrels of liquor being indicated with dotted circular lines.

In its preferred construction my cooling apparatus consists of three sections or compartments, A B 0, arranged one above another, the lower section, A, serving for general storage, while the other compartments, B and 0, contain respectively the turn-table and icetray. Furthermore, these several sections are furnished with customary hinged or removable doors, D.

Located axially within the cooler is a vertical shaft, E, which is hollow or tubular, said shaft being secured to the floor of the apparatus by'a collar, 0, while its upper end is screw-threaded at a, to engage with a plate, F, attached to the frame of the apparatus. Secured to this shaft at the proper elevation is a fixed collar, Gr, that supports the turn-table H, the periphery of said table being sustained by the inclined tie-rods h, the upper ends of the latter being attached to a ring, I, turning on another fixed collar, G. The turn-table may be a solid disk of wood or metal; but I prefer the construction seen in Figs. 3 and 4, where a hub, J, rests on the lower fixed collar,

G, and carries radiating spokes or arms K,

the outer ends of said spokes being attached to an annulus, L, supported by the ties h. When on tap the kegs, barrels, or other liquorreceptacles, N, are set on these spokes, and are pierced near their lower ends at n to admit faucets, wherewith the liquor can be drawn oil as called for. v

0 represents a tray or shallowtank, having a rack, P, to support ice, and a neck, R, to discharge the drippings from said tray into the pipe E. As'seen in Fig. 2, this tray is stationary with reference to the apparatus; but said tray may be mounted on small rollers S, adapted to run on-a circular track, T, fitted' in the upper chamber, 0. (See Fig. 3.)

An apparatus constructed. as above described will contain eight kegs of beer or ale, &c., and several dozen bottles of wine, ale, 850., four kegs being stored in the lower compartment, A, and four more on the turn-table H, while the bottles are stowed away inthe ice-receptacle O. The various kegs are so placed on the table H as to dispose two of them at the front side of the cooler, in order that the proper faucets may be inserted through the doors of the central section, B, and as soon as these kegs are emptied said faucets are'withdrawn and the table is turned around 'so as to bring the two full kegs to the front and allow them to be tapped. As soon as these last kegs are exhausted the four empty ones are removed from the table H and the full kegs in chamber A are taken out and set on said table.

As the wheel or table H turns freelyon its supporting-shaft E, the kegs can be shifted around with theutmost facility, thereby allowing the saloon-keeper to dispense with an extra at tendant.

The provision of the revolving ice-tray is another advantage of my cooler, as said device affords the most convenient access to every bottle, &c., placed therein. The tubular shaft E allows all water from tray 0 to flow off freely, In testimony whereof I affix my signature in 10 and thereby keeps the interior of the cooler perpresence of two witnesses. fectly dry. Finally,two or more tables or wheels may bejonrnaled on shaft E. ADOLPH HUSS.

I claim as my invention- The combinatiomin a cooler, of tubular shaft Witnesses: E, fixed collar G, turn-table H, ring I, and tier JAMES H. LAYMAN, rodsyh, which latter connect said. table and RANKIN D. J ONES. ring, as herein described. 

